5 conflicting plans and bills to reform the structure of energy governance on the parliamentary table

According to the economic correspondent of Fars News Agency, having the most hydrocarbon resources in the world has put a high capacity in front of the Iranian oil industry as an industry. The driversThe locomotive set the country’s economy in motion, but to achieve this, except by adopting the right strategies, formulating and implementing detailed and expert plans in the context of a “Governance and executive structureIt is not achieved correctly and efficiently.

There is almost no disagreement among energy experts about the need to reform the energy governance structure, and everyone believes that with the current structure, the country’s oil industry and energy will not be able to achieve its goals. But despite the importance of this issue, so far the government and parliament in different governments have not taken effective action.

* 5 different plans and bills to reform the energy governance mechanism

Currently, the number of different plans and bills on reforming the energy governance structure in the parliament shows that apparently the responsible institutions (government and parliament) have not yet reached a clear conclusion on how to reform this structure. For example, it is not yet clear what the position of the National Petrochemical Company will be in the new energy structure.

Some of the plans and bills that are currently on the agenda of the Islamic Consultative Assembly are as follows:

1- Plan to form the Ministry of Energy: Pursuant to Note 2 of Article 1 of this plan, at the same time with the implementation of this law, all goals, missions and duties related to petrochemical affairs shall be removed from the Ministry of Oil and transferred to the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade.

2- Draft Articles of Association of the National Petrochemical Company: Based on the existing laws of the country, this plan has amended and rewrote the current statute of the National Petrochemical Company approved in 1977 based on the new role of the National Petrochemical Company in the form of the Development Organization.

3- Draft Articles of Association of the National Iranian Gas Company: According to Article 6 of this plan, the subject of the company’s activities is the management and direction of enterprise activities and upstream and downstream operations of oil and gas and related industries, as well as oil and gas trade inside and outside the country.

4- The bill for the establishment of an independent body regulating the electricity sector: Pursuant to the following note, part 3 of the single article, the statutes of the regulatory body of other sections and the location of their secretariat shall be approved by the Council of Ministers upon the proposal of the Competition Council.

5- Establishment plan of the National Company for Refining and Petrochemical Industries: All duties and powers related to the management and supervision of crude oil refining industries are assigned to the National Petrochemical Company and the National Refining and Petrochemical Company is established.

* Different structures to reform the governance structure

According to Fars, in the Islamic Consultative Assembly, on the one hand, a plan is being considered with the proposal that the National Petrochemical Company be removed from the Ministry of Oil and in the Ministry صمت At the same time, a plan to transfer the refining duties of the National Company for Refining and Distribution of Petroleum Products to the National Petrochemical Company under the Ministry of Petroleum and another plan to review the Articles of Association of the National Petrochemical Company as a subsidiary of the Ministry of Petroleum Is a review.

The multiplicity of these plans shows the dispersion of legislative decision-making, different and inconsistent views on the restructuring of the Ministry of Oil and its subsidiaries, which need to be addressed based on the principles of governance in accordance with the above laws and policies, and all plans are integrated. Specialized review.

Fars News Agency in a report entitled “Oil Fever -3 | Confused clutter of energy governance in Iran / Decoding of the optimal roadmap for reforming the energy structureHas examined the challenges in the field of energy governance mechanism of the country.

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